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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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